This article starts with a brief account of the history of research on pulmonary surfactant. We
will then discuss the morphological aspects and composition of the pulmonary surfactant …

In this review the effects of oxidant inhalation on the pulmonary surfactant system of laboratory
animals are discussed. Oxidant lung injury is a complex phenomenon with many aspects. …

In order to extend the static information of immunola-belling sulphogalactolipids in fixed
boar spermatozoa, a fluorescent sulphogalactolipid analogue, galactose(3-sulphate)-β1-1′[(N-…

The capacitation process of sperm cells involves complex changes in the composition and
orientation of molecules at the surface of the sperm cell. Here we focus on the lipid …

Seminolipid (sulphogalactosylalkylacylglycerol), the glycolipid that is specific for mammalian
germ cells, is located exclusively in the outer leaflet of the sperm plasma membrane. In this …

Surfactant protein D (SP-D) belongs to a subgroup of mammalian collagenous Ca 2 + -dependent
lectins known as the collectins. It is thought to play a significant role in the innate …

Lamellar bodies, the intracellular storage form of pulmonary surfactant, were isolated from
adult human lung tissue. As shown by electron microscopy, the isolated human lamellar …

The recent revival of interest in the molecular architecture and functioning of biological
membranes has greatly stimulated research on phospholipids. It has become clear that …

The isolated perfused rat lung was used as a model to investigate the synthesis of surfactant
phospholipids from various radioactive precursors and the effect of Ambroxol, a bronchial …

The incorporation of radioactively labeled palmitate and acetate into total and disaturated
phosphatidylcholines was studied in the perfused whole lung, in surfactant secreted during …